Canvas grain bag



April 1934- E. A. KINNEY 1,953,962

CANVAS GRAIN BAG Filed March 23, 1931 Patented Apr. 10, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved fabric grain bag preferably of canvas, and of more durable character than wheat sacks in general use, and having a zipper closing de- 5 vice and other novel improvements, including a novel hook hold.

I attain the objects of my invention by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the side of the sack;

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the handle 6.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, I provide a canvas grain bag 1, having the edges of the sack interfolded as at 2 in an interlocking form, and having a double stitching 3 securely fastening the seams, as shown in Fig. 2. This seam extends around the sides of the sack and over the corners of the top of the sack to the zipper device 4, as shown in Fig. 1.

I provide a zipper closer 4 for the open end of the sack adapted to be operated by a convenient zipper fastening device 5. On each side of the sack I provide a pair of spaced canvas straps 6, forming hook holds disposed in a plane at right angles to the body of the bag to facilitate catching the ears of the loops and holding the sack in position while being filled and having the ends 7 overlapped and attached to the body of the sack by a plurality of lines of stitching 8. As shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the hook hold is formed of a strap having its ends secured in overlapping position to the side wall of the bag the strap having one end given a half turn with respect to the other end whereby the loop thus formed has its strap disclosed normally perpendicular to the bag with one edge thereof adjacent the bag wall.

In large wheat producing localities heretofore most of the wheat has been stored and shipped in sacks but because of the increased use of combine harvesters it is becoming desirable to handie the grain in bulk, the difliculty with this arrangement being the taking of the grain to the warehouse. This difiiculty can be overcome by a sack such as I have invented. The wheat would be put in the sack and carried to the warehouse or elevator, and then opened and emptied and (t5 the empty sacks returned for another load. The zipper will permit of quick and convenient opening and closing of the sack and the hook holds 6 provide a convenient means of holding the bags by hooks while the bags are being filled. The double seam construction illustrated in Fig. 2 makes a sack stronger than the ordinary wheat sack.

What I claim is:

1. A fabric grain bag of the type described, having pairs of hook holds stitched to the side of the bag, each of said hook holds consisting of a canvas strap having its ends secured in overlapping position to the side wall of the bag the strap having one end given a half turn with s0 respect to the other end whereby the loop thus formed has its strap disposed normally perpendicular to the bag with one edge thereof adjacent the bag wall, and a zipper in the mouth of the bag, the hook holds being spaced substantially below the zipper, substantially as shown.

2. A fabric grain bag of the type described, having opposite pairs of hook holds, each of said I hook holds being formed of a strap having its ends secured in overlapping position to the side wall of the bag the strap having one end given a half turn with respect to the other end whereby the loop thus formed has its strap disposed normally perpendicular to the bag with one edge thereof adjacent the bag wall.

EDWARD A. KINNEY. 

